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hatchment
[ hach-muhnt ]
noun
- a square tablet, set diagonally, bearing the coat of arms of a deceased person.
hatchment
/ ˈhætʃmənt /
noun
- heraldry a diamond-shaped tablet displaying the coat of arms of a dead person Also calledachievement
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Example Sentences
If the family bore arms, the hatchment, emblazoned with this emblem, was hung upon the door.
There is the inverted triangular plan, and the shield or hatchment form.
I refer to the methods of depicting arms upon hatchments, and more particularly to the hatchment of a married woman.
If for a bachelor the hatchment bears upon a shield his arms, crest, and other appendages, the whole on a black ground.
It is thus easy to discern from the hatchment the sex, condition and quality, and possibly the name of the deceased.
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